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 fitted up alike, yet they are almost as different from one another in their Natures and Properties, as are the different Regions that they represent.

This Globe which is designed to shew the Face of the Earth; and which therefore is called the Terrestrial Globe, is truly and properly a Representation of it, round or spherical as that nearly is, and it hath the Sea and the Land, with all the Regions, Countries, Nations, Islands and Cities drawn upon it; just in that Order and Figure, that they are, in Reality, on the Face of the Earth itself; and it is, if carefully drawn, a true Map, or Description, of what is usually called The World: whereas all those flat Maps and Charts, which you see drawn upon Paper, cannot be accurately so, tho' they are exact enough for common Use.

Word World, said she, I can't get over without reflecting, what weak, vain, and silly Mortals we are: We too often take this poor Spot of Earth to be the only World worth inquiring after; and so we can but acquire a little of its Dirt, we neglect all Care for an Eternal Mansion in the Heavens. And further, I have no Patience with Ptolomy, I think they call him, and his Astronomers, that will needs have the